United States Ninth Circuit

In the government's appeal from the district court's order suppressing evidence in support of drug charges against defendant, the order is reversed where a search conducted after a border crossing qualified as a reasonable search under the extended border search doctrine.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/04/2009
• Decided 06/10/2010
• Published 06/10/2010

Judges

• Before THOMAS G. NELSON, JAY S. BYBEE, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lawrence E. Spong (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Luella M. Caldito, Assistant United States Attorney, Criminal Division, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gary P. Burcham, Burcham & Zugman, APC, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellee.